Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-05-21
OUR W~oOLIlNTEREsTs.
Reports From the New York, Boston
and Other Markets.

wool was very light on the 9Th inst, ex
cent in territorial woods, which are
being held for better prices. In Australian
woods there has Teen no marked change:
ard a good manF of the sales of sample
bags, which Wehave hitherto spoken OF,
have fallen through and disappointed the
dealers.
In California woods there is mot much to
say at Boston yet, as the clip has not ad-
vanced far enough, and also the unsatis'
factory knowledge about what the freight
rates will be for any length of time.
What has been clipped is held at such
high prices it would practically shut it
out of this market for any profit. The
new clip is opening at 10 % 20c. in south
ern California.
In Texas, woods are opening at Is q zoe
and are selling very rapidly, but mostly to
western buyers, as it is too high for this
| market; and, both in California and Texas
| woods, if this market does not respond
soon, there will be some very large losses
by the buyers in the west.
In. Kentucky, the prices are opening
| about 4 and DC. higher than they were last
year, last years figure being &c; and
| the present high quotations cannot show
much interest to the Boston dealers, al
though some of them are taking hold of
the wool to a small extent. The woods,
having been sold on the sleeps back. it is
claimed, are not half shorn and poorly
grown.
In territory woods, buyers are paying Is
and 19c. for the new clip; that is, in Wyo-
ming and Nevada.
In Georgia, the new clip is being bought
at 27c., another price out of reason with
our market.
In Maine, what little of the coarser
grades has been clipped is being bought
for 90 q 22c. The real clip will not be
ready for market until about the middle
of the month.
PHILADELPHIA FIRM.
Taken as a whole, the Philadelphia wool
market shows increased firmness; and, il
view Of the small stocks and the unex-
pected strength of country markets, the
hardening tendency is not surprising.
THE NEW YORK MARKET
The markethas shown little animation,
and may be characterized as in a waiting
humor. The increased inquiry from
manufacturers, 50 parceptible, does not
appear to he sustained; and they seem dis
~eeaafe g to- operate to any extent, except
EsEi,at5f.sss concession from holders ideas.
Still, dealers take a hopeful view of the
situation, ssssld feel that their stocks are
good lrMAtierty to retain at present values.
2 Reports from London indicate a weaker
HiafEAs % fine woods; and private advices
From the Antwerp sales last week show
habgsenfesideo opened dull and irregular
aseleatlzsa Of ten confines from former
sd Ass. 9ta.s 1
s Flln6 principal inquiry in this market is
ssilRIer n4e,sium selections and for warp
m aetisity at San Francisco continues
}faabahed, with sales in excess of receipts. |
II is believed that considerable wool is
being fought there for eastern ACCOUNT.
ts1ots49sas remain steady as follows:
fEfflsoTSS; Montana and best Wyoming
hot sfraa & and abovel, 81 q &c; aver
age5stsats EeO 21c.; choice fine medium
,rf{s,sIN blood, "a a. 25.; average fine
nediddfHl,s - a BIC; medium (~strietly "a
2Gc.; u blood, "a n 25c.
Other territorial woods from 1 to Sc. less,
according TO grade and condition.
Southern woods, nominally 81 q SOC.
Texas: Northern fall fine medium, 10
@ Bic; Southern and Western fine to
medium. Is q &c.,; Western Improved,
a q IS.
sHEARINGs.
In Texas, as an experiment, w. B. Pat
'erson OF uvalde county turned a small
OF sheep loose in pasture for about
months. They were of the class that
shear 81 to 6 pounds under herd. The
ofhis experiment was the clip from
'hese sheep of S-pound ~fieeces, n of
which is on exhibition at the warehouse
IT Col. II. G. Frost of Boston. Col. Frost
'ays the wool is worth twoto two and one
lalf cents per pound more than the same
Grade of wool taken from sheep under
ferd.
NOTES.
The Little Falls. New York, Wool Ex-
company has eutgrown its present
facilities, and is erecting a new mill 60 by
00feet, three stories high. twill be built
# stone and run by a sixty-horse power
Brown engine. The new mill will be
bout double the capacity of the old one.
hey hope to be ready by October.
The W~ool-growers' Association of south
IN Utah held a convention at Nephi on
he 10Th Of April. The reports show the or
anization to be in a most f1ourshing con-
ition. The membership numbers 105,
wning 252,8 800 sheep, which represent an
nnual clip not far from 100000 pounds
i wool.
The Navajo Indians have large focks
+ sheep, and the clip this year will be I
immense. 1t would be startling if our
ock-masters were to find in "Indian cheap
a%ruinous competition against which
0 tariff can protect them.
A French manufacturer has applied cleo
'icity to the aid of weavers in a some .
hat curious manner. He has attached to !
ach of his looms an indicator which
FUNDS when a thread breaks, rendering
eedless the eye-wearing watching of the
lst moving threads. ]
The official freight rates per 100 pounds
California wool from San Francisco to
'eW York and Boston are as follows:
rease wool, costing over 1sc per pound,
2.60; costing 10 to 1sc per pound, Ss2.35;
12c and under, $40; secured
GO III Tho rafas4 via ctaoroar ord